Links for Listens I Love

In my twenties, when I lived two blocks from a record store, I spent a lot of money on music, and things to play music on. I made mix tapes by the dozen, and listened to them on the tape deck in my car (it had auto-reverse! So advanced!). When the car died, I bought a Sony Walkman and took my music on the bus.

Fast-forward to the 2010’s and my listening addiction has changed. It’s now podcasts. Also audiobooks, but mostly podcasts. I subscribe to more than a dozen, in a variety of interest areas, and I’m usually pretty up to date with them. We went on holidays for two weeks in August, though, and I haven’t managed to get on top of the queue yet. (I might make some progress today, though; I need to tidy this place up, and podcasts are my favourite companion while cleaning.)

Here’s a list of the ones I subscribe to, linked to help you find them. I think all of these are available in iTunes, Stitcher, etc. I subscribe in Downcast, an iPhone app that I heard about on one of these podcasts, and that I absolutely love.

Writing-related

Grammar Girl – Mignon Fogarty explores the oddities and vagaries of our language in a friendly and helpful way, never judging. Recommended for everyone!

Popcorn Dialogues – (Archives only) Romance authors Lani Diane Rich and Jennifer Crusie watch movies and analyse what makes them work (or not). They start with romances, and move on to other movie genres. Great examination of story.